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TC-11 Multi-Touch Synthesizer (iPad)
TC-11 is the fully programmable, professional multi-touch synthesizer for the iPad. Choose from the 64 included presets, or build your own using touch controls, device motion, and on-board modules. Create music with the next evolution of synthesizer control!
FEATURES:
- 64 built-in presets
- Unlimited user patches
- Fully controlled by multi-touch / device motion
- 21 modular synthesis objects
- 22 oscillator waveforms
- 3 controller modules: AHDSR, LFO, Sequencer
- Email custom patches to your friends
- Full display customisation
- Built-in recording of performances (up to ten minutes)
- AudioCopy
- AudioBus
MULTI-TOUCH CONTROL:
There are no on-screen knobs, keys, or sliders to fiddle with; all synthesis is driven by your multi-touch performance. Touch relationships like distances / angles / timings perform all the controller functions. It’s just you and the full screen multi-touch performance area.
EVERY synthesis parameter can be controlled by ANY multi-touch controller. The patch possibilities are limitless!
DEVICE MOTION CONTROL:
Use the iPad’s accelerometer, gyroscope, and even the compass to attack your synthesis patch! Tilt and move the iPad to change any filter, effect, or module. You can create real vibrato by moving the iPad during performance, or change the speed of a sequencer by tilting forward and backward!
SYNTHESIS:
TC-11 has 8 voice polyphony for full, real-time synthesis. The audio engine has been highly optimized to deliver crisp, responsive performance. Choose from 22 oscillator waveforms, 3 oscillator types, 3 filter types, 4 unique effects, amplitude modulation, and panning control.
Fully programmable AHDSR, LFO, and sequencer modules make TC-11 the most capable iOS synthesizer in the world.
TC-11 Video Tutorial 1: Patch Programming:
TC-11 Multitouch Synthesizer: Performance Demo:
Discchord TC-11 Review:
Visit discchord.com for more audio app video reviews.
Use TC-11 in your band during live performances. Add TC-11 into your laptop orchestra. Experiment and create with the next evolution of synthesizer control!
You can download the complete user guide to read more:
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Always been interested in trying this one out. But one thing that’s holding me back is that I’m not really good at creating presets/sounds, so does anyone know how many presets it comes with to start you out?
Comes chock full of presets to get you started Chris – many more now than first release. You can just play and enjoy or dig deep – very deep and program almost every parameter. It’s not cheap but TC-11 is pure quality.
I agree that it’s a great app but it does have one big design flaw; although there are tons of innovative modulators each destination allows only one modulation source. This means for example that if you control your oscillators with a keyboard like modulator you cannot add vibrato via lfo. This limitation permeates the whole program and really needs to be changed to allow the app to live up to its modular claims.
Yeh, I know. It’s expensive. But let me reassure you that you are indeed paying for quality. This app is amazing, if it were a vsti it would cost more than thirty dollars. In a market where Animoog, ims-20 are the same price, it’s just as good as either of those synths. It’s semi modular, extremely routable, has a great engine, a beautiful interface, is so far stable. Should you buy it? If you are into making your own sounds then yes. I see this being used by sound designers, ambient/expiramental artists. This isn’t for your new dubstep wobble bass, or dirty south, hip hop leads. This synth pulls strange, wonderful sounds out of other dimensions. It is a very unique instrument.
After struggling with temptation for a couple of days, I have finally decided to shed 24 EUR on this instrument.
Yes, it is a bit pricey, but worth every cent if you are into electroacoustic / musique concrete / experimental live performance. Most of the 64 presets give you enough manipulation possibilities to carve incredibly rich textures to “stretch the ear” (as Charles Ives put it).
Now, if you are into melodic lines and such, you won’t find much use here.
I hope the devs will add the much needed recording and audiocopy/audiopaste capabilities soon.
Virtual MIDI would also be a plus.
But can you constrain it to a key and a scale?
Yes..
Can you actually play musical phrases on TC-11, or is it just an experimental noise generator?
Not the way that usually do with a piano keys. Is like iKaossilator but more deep, u programmed what u want there, and touch…
When the dev add record, copy/paste and more ..in next update, sure is amazing..
More than all the Strange Agency synths ..
I must admit sceptical at first. Got It on recommendation and I love it. As an ios app it is expensive but in general software terms it certainly isn’t. If we are to expect really good quality apps,€ 1.99 is not going to entice real innovative development like this. I have had great exchanges with the dev about my issues and suggestions for it. It is not for everyone but as a powerful innovative responsive synth it excels.
I am one that is usually preaching the NEED for things such a performance record and copy/paste but when I use this app it becomes a whole different experience for me.
Like I said in my full review above. This “app” becomes more then “just an app”. You fire this thing up and you have a whole new instrument. It is performance driven and calls for expressive playing either by moving around the whole iPad or doing specific movements with your touches in varying levels of movement. The synth engine takes such a big part of this app that I haven’t even pondered getting sounds into other apps yet. I have however thought,”how am I going to get these sounds into my Mac”. The iPad is great and it offers a lot for mobile musicians. This app is a sound design tool and will take a bit more processing power then the iPad currently has to take the sounds created here to the next level.
If you are looking for a Sunrizer or Animoog app with lead and bass synth patches I suggest staying with those apps. TC-11 is pro priced because it stands up to “pro” software in the view of Reaktor and such. Take Reaktor for instance by itself it can create interesting sounds,sometimes boardering on the verge of experimental. The fun part about Reaktor is when you use it with a DAW you just hit record and “play” Reaktor for a LONG time. After you are finished with your experiments you can go back to the recording and listen for some good sound design options that come out of it. You might tweak the app for twenty minutes and end up pulling one clip of 2 seconds out of the whole thing. This is part of the magic. To capture a moment in time during this experimental sound design phase is truly a sight to be…ah…heard. Then you can take the new sounds you just created and put it in a sampler and map to a keyboard or do what you will.
Programs and now apps like these offer snapshot design options that can really capture sounds with a real organic/live feel to them and really put some life/expression into what normally is a very static workflow,by that I mean electronic music in general.
Getting your hands on a tool like this should make(and has for me)rethink what an iPad synth app is really meant to be. Sure the nlogs,moogs,and sunrizers are great center pieces for tracks that need to have a performance recording feature and then the method to exchange those recordings with other apps. TC-11 breaks the barrier on this “standard thinking” of what makes or breaks a “good” iOS app with tools such as the ACP ect.
Taking the time and effort to design an app with such life and expression has been the focus of electronic music creators for generations. Many try,few succeed. I would place thumbjam in this successes category as that is a similar app that takes the electronic music component and flips it on its head and actually makes you use your whole body and mind to extract “humanized” tones. These apps/programs,while at first may seem that midi connections should be the answer as well are taking electronic music expression beyond a master clock and are actually asking you,the user,to be hands on in this little experiment it’s got going on.
These are just my POV. As I said,I am one of the biggest champions for inter app connectivity. I just had to bring to light the other end of the spectrum where,yes,connectivity is great but the great connection that anyone could have with his/her electronic instrument is,self expression.
Thanks again. freesoul
Bought it last night and I love it. There is a ton here to work with! Once the dev puts in a performance record, and copy/paste it will be really useful for folks who do everything on the IPad. I am not one of those people so it not a deal breaker for me. $30.00 is not too much to ask considering I would have paid $100 for Animoog. What you folks are sometimes forgetting is that to buy a standalone synth used to cost 100s or 1000s of dollars! I see this app as $30 well spent! Considering I spent $3 on Physynth and have already deleted it off my pad.
Ok, I do all on my iPad, and if I do not, ..copy/paste, record, midi…etc
All this things make the app more usefull, 30€ is a high price in this time..
Xmas, I have a lot of gifts to do…family..friends..etc
I’m sure that people of moog, woojijuice, nlog, sunrizer ..etc ..etc
have a lot of happiest customers.
Seeing the video of The guy stroking his iPad and gyroing it about (nice strap btw), I’m thinking, strange but neat FX and sounds… But how would I use this in my music, and would I use this in my music? The answer being (at that price too) a definate NO. I just looks to me like a pricey sound FX Toy… But £5 I’ll try it.
Gotta say I’m in the too expensive camp
A cheaper price would defiantly sell more.
There’s a lot of tough competition out there
Hi Alex..
No promo codes for this Beautiful?
hehehe
My Xmas present
Sweet. I got the triangle vampire avatar!
My first post since that feature was added. Cool to see @zymos here,I ran into him/her on CDM blogs. Hi,friend. Hope you are Getting your workflow all figured. This app is amazing so if you have a spare $30 I say go for it. If you are struggling for cash then maybe I’d wait it out and see if you get a price drop. It really is a fun app but I wouldn’t put it in the NEED to own instantly category. I’m kinda biased though since I got it ….. But when I was thinking about buying it I wasn’t to sure on that price. It’s a little high for what I want to spend on apps,even good ones.
I was lucky to get my hands on a copy and it is a great app. It is not as awe sounding as Animoog but if you are a fan of modular synthesis and touch control then this app is a must own.
That being said. It is very very deep. Every parameter can be mapped to anything and if you own an ipad1 you lose a few of the key,fun,movement functions like gyro,compass,and others.
This is one of those apps that you can see demos and hear sound clips and think,eh. The real experience comes from being the one in control. The sounds can be subtle to the point that you can “throw” the sounds around the screen. Some “effects” are crazy and some are basic sounds.
This app is really a great sound design tool. There are 64 presets and they all are a bit spacey and noise maker ish like drops of water and such. The patch making is very robust and each patch you build is basically an individual synth. If you have basic knowledge of synthesis you might be able to make a few cool sounds.
This is one of those apps Jordan Rudess would take to his “modular synth guy” and say TAKE A LOOK AT THIS! For us mere mortals it’s a bit intimidating. The cool thing is that you can duplicate the factory patches and tweak little things to make the sounds your own.
The price is a little high,yes. I don’t think I would have purchased this app outright. Since I was given a chance to acquire it though I have fallen in love with it.
If you do take the plunge I would go in thinking you just bought yourself a powerful hardware modular synth instead of “just another app” like physynth or Animoog. This is an app it has a touch interface that is HUGE but at its heart is a basic waveform synth of modular design. If you have always wanted to build and collect a euro rack modular but couldn’t fork out thousands then this app will be suited for you. If you like the idea of learning and learning and routing and learning more then this synth is for you. If you are looking for a hugely powerful sounding synth engine like animoog then this app will not suit you. If you are looking for dance music or techno/DubStep patches this app is not for you. This app excels at creating ambient textures and sound effects right out of the box but the awe shocking feeling this app delivers is all in the WAYS you can control the thing. You really have to try it to see.
I would place this in the experimental art category along with apps like thicket but with a brain behinde the scenes as large as SunVox or Jasuto. If you are comfortable with those last two apps then this app will be great. $30 is a lot to spend so either you could wait and see or if your the type that needs everything right now you can do what you’d like.
For me. I’m glad I own it. Would I have paid $30 for it? I’m not too sure. On one hand I love everything I have. On the other,I do sometimes wish for that instant “blow me away” thick sound that an Animoog type app brings.
I hope this helps for all those looking at getting this app. Synth heads rejoice your synth studio awaits. App twiddlers and dance music producers be ware,the sounds might not be all why you’d need. This is however an experience you’d soon not want to miss.
Thanks. freesoul
If it was 10$, I’d buy it in a second.
I don’t know why you didn’t like my youtube link, but anyway, they’ve got some video up now…
@zymos The link was removed as the video had already been embedded in the app description above. Thanks for your posting it though! :-) Alex
@zymos The link was removed as the video had already been embedded in the app description above. Thanks for posting it though! :-) Alex
Me too. It seems a tad bit pricey to me but I don’t own it and it might be worth every penny. I just don’t want to spend thirty dollars and have it turn out like FL mobile or Physynth and then kick myself for throwing away perfectly good money, on a mediocre product.
Where’s the video? What do the patches sound like? Why is your introductory price so high? You should start off at 5-10 dollars.
Looks cool, but $30.00 ??!!
lotsa luck…